Mary’s Nativity
©1986 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Phil Hearing on Unsplash
I wonder how they felt that night
as they attended there.
Were they filled with sacred sentiment
to see the child so fair?
LDS Poems
I am an LDS poet, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Making these LDS poems (“Mormon” poems) available to others was one of my main reasons for creating this poetry site. People frequently asked me, “Do you have a poem for this…?” It seemed easier to place them all on a website where everyone could find exactly what they needed. Feel free to use these LDS poems in talks, lessons, programs or the like. Do be sure to include full copyright information on every hard or internet copy. Please email a request for permission before using one of my LDS poems. For internet use, a link back to this site is required. Thanks, and enjoy your visit!
FINDING THE POEM YOU WANT: As you scroll through this section, read each snippet sample (usually the first four lines) to get a feel for the poem’s content. When you find something you like, click “CONTINUE READING” to view the entire poem.
Which Way to Zion?
©1989 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Filip Strueven on Unsplash
“I want to live in Zion,”
said the small boy to his mother.
My Primary teacher told me
people there love one another.
Personal Harvest
©1991 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Getty Images on Unsplash+
We have feasted on the bounty
of young women here tonight,
who have shared with us a harvest
that was sown in faith and light.
Seeds planted in the sun of each
young woman’s love for truth
were nurtured by the hope and dreams
and purity of youth.
New life took root and seedlings grew
under the tender care
of these young women, daughters whose
divinity we share.
Eternal Marriage
©1980 Susan Noyes Anderson
image from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Hands clasped upon the altar’s lace
reflect the love within each face
that joins through time, in unity,
two souls for all eternity.
Evening Reverie
©2025 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Ryan Eads on Unsplash
I’m reaching for the kind of faith
that holds me through the night,
that wraps me up in warmth and love
until the morning light.
I’m looking for the hope that sees
beyond a padlocked gate
to rows of dancing daffodils
that stand and wave and wait
to greet the sun and claim the day,
to sweep away the night,
to whisper God is over all,
and all is well and right.
She Is a Tree of Life
©1997 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Jannes Jacobs on Unsplash
How valiant is the tree that grows
majestic in the land–
the tree that fights to set down roots
so deep that it will stand
against the bitter storm,
the fiercest wind, the driving rain,
against the freezing winter
and the dusty, barren plain.
O Remember, Remember
©2025 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Haitham on Unsplash
Each life refines a heart divine.
Our spirit gifts abound.
As God’s own children, we belong
where light and love are found.
In God’s Own Time
©1983 Susan Noyes Anderson
Image by Alin Una on Unsplash
A man and woman love, they mate,
and from that union, they create
a temple for God’s spirit child
entrusted to their care.